PEN America condemns the gutting of the Department of Education staff and its abrupt closures of offices on Wednesday. Taken together with other actions by the Trump Administration to censor curricula, ban books and limit gender and DEI programs, such steps undercut America’s commitment to education, critical inquiry and free speech. We call on Congress to intervene to protect education for all. https://lnkd.in/ec2P96He
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PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible.
PEN America is the largest of more than 100 centers of PEN International. For more than 90 years, we have been working together with our colleagues in the international PEN community to ensure that people everywhere have the freedom to create literature, to convey information and ideas, to express their views, and to make it possible for everyone to access the views, ideas, and literatures of others. In doing so, we are building on a tradition begun in the years following World War I and carried forward by thousands of American writers.
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Irene Xanthoudakis
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Peter Calvin
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On Tuesday, March 18th at 7PM EST, join PEN America, American Booksellers Association, and EveryLibrary for an engaging webinar on testifying about bills to state legislative committees. Speak Out For Books! Testifying to State Legislative Committees will go over the basics of book ban-related bills, speaking to legislative committees, and how to strategize comments to effectively get their message across. Participants will walk away with information about giving public comments and crafting the most effective possible testimony. This webinar is free and will be recorded; registration is required. We hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/eehjwwPy
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Hong Kong's national security trial of Jimmy Lai is a stark example of silencing critical voices. "The ordinary actions of a media owner and writer are being treated as crimes," his lawyer said on behalf of @peninternational. We join PEN International in calling for Jimmy Lai's immediate release, along with all those arbitrarily detained for their peaceful expression, and for the repeal of Hong Kong's draconian national security law. #FreeJimmyLai Read their full statement: https://lnkd.in/etHbzXHW
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On March 7, the Swedish residence in New York City opened its doors to librarians and other members of the children’s book community for a gathering in honor of #InternationalWomensDay and the 80th book birthday of the strongest girl in the world: Pippi Longstocking. The event was held in partnership with the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and The Astrid Lindgren Company, PEN America, and the Swedish Institute. The speakers were Johan Palmberg, Lindgren’s great-grandson and member of the ALMA jury; Laurie Halse Anderson,?2023 recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award; Jonathan Friedman, Sy Syms managing director of U.S. free expression programs at PEN America; and Jamia Wilson, feminist activist, writer, and VP and executive editor at Random House. More via Publishers Weekly: https://lnkd.in/edPrtnyp
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Writers can hold power to account in a way that few others can. In Vietnam, Le Huu Minh Tuan is serving 11 years in prison for his writings on human rights. We must raise our voices for Tuan and all writers at risk—now more than ever. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eGbvgK7q
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Israeli police raided the Palestinian Educational Bookshop again and briefly detained another shop owner, Imad Muna. Israeli authorities must cease their unjustified raids on the Educational Bookshop and the unlawful arrests of its owners. https://lnkd.in/eVe4ap_d
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When Sarah and Ian Hoffman's son was six, he was assaulted in the boy's bathroom because another child saw his long hair and pink Crocs and decided he was a girl. They wrote "Jacob's Room to Choose" -- one of the books named in a case before the Supreme Court -- to show kids that everyone should be able to use the bathroom safely. https://lnkd.in/eHzJxGMd
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Today marks 4 years since Ukrainian journalist and PEN/Barbey #FreedomToWrite Award honoree Vladyslav Yesypenko was arrested and detained in Russian-occupied Crimea. PEN America calls for Yesypenko’s immediate and unconditional release. #FreeVlad Yesypenko’s work focused on life under Russian occupation. Days before his arrest, he collected footage of Crimean residents’ perspectives and covered an event for Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko. Read more about Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian writers: https://lnkd.in/ei8gsKqD
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PEN America Denounces Federal Detention of Columbia University Student Protest Leader https://lnkd.in/e2abWYYn
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For #InternationalWomensDay, check out these books by women that have been pulled from the shelf in school districts across the country. Each of these books was banned in the 2023-2024 school year, according to PEN America's Index of Banned Books. https://lnkd.in/ejgwivAa #IWD2025